After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 105 There is more to it than this
"Some people say that this is a new-age game of fighting landlords and dividing the land." This was the first sentence Hao Cheng said to Gu Yufeng when he came.

"That does make sense." Gu Yufeng thought for a while and said, "Previously, the essence of giant companies, especially platform-based giant companies, was to collect rent.

"To a certain extent, they monopolize and decide the ownership of Internet traffic to make profits. But with Xiaosha, this basis no longer exists.

“So, platform giants collapsed very quickly. First it was the band, then Duoduo and even Taobao and Tmall. Now they are not doing well.

"However, there are more and more boutique stores. If everyone does their own thing and avoids being held hostage by traffic, and makes good products with heart, there will be a way out."

Gu Yufeng really did the relevant homework. In fact, he spent a lot of energy in this period of time to make up for the knowledge related to the Internet and artificial intelligence. He has already mastered all the knowledge related to the Internet and artificial intelligence.

"Some people said before that Xiaosha's appearance would definitely lead to a wave of unemployment. If I were the boss, I would definitely fire two-thirds of the employees and let Xiaosha help me make money."

Gu Yufeng talked about a phenomenon he encountered during his investigation: "All business owners who think this way have seen their businesses go bankrupt. Do you know why?"

"How simple it is," Hao Cheng smiled. "Xiaosha can do their job, so why should employees stay in this company? Wouldn't it be better to use Xiaosha and do the work for themselves?
"In an enterprise like this, it is not the boss' turn to fire employees!" Hao Cheng said while shaking his head. This principle is actually very simple, but it is a pity that these short-sighted bosses do not understand it.

A typical example is Xincheng Technology. As a company that does outsourcing software, after learning about the existence of a magical tool like Xiaosha, your first reaction is to fire your employees to save on wages. However, your employees will definitely poach all your customers.

He didn't even think about the fundamental reason why his company could exist.

"Because of the long-term imbalance between supply and demand in the job market, many people seem to have forgotten one thing, that is, employees are the backbone of creating value for the company. Even in capitalism, Marx and Lenin believed that the essence is exploitation, and the object of exploitation is also human beings."

Hao Chengdao: "If all people in a company can be replaced by AI, it means that the boss can lead an AI alone. If you can lead it, others can also lead it. In the end, one person will lead an AI and then divide up the entire market.

"It seems that the market has not changed, and the work has not changed, but the people who make money have changed. In the past, only the boss ate meat, the management gnawed bones, and the employees drank soup. But now, everyone eats meat from the same pot, and exploitation has disappeared, that's all."

"Your statement is quite novel," Gu Yufeng nodded, "Is this the meaning of Xiaosha's existence?"

Gu Yufeng now completely understood why Hao Cheng had never worried about employment before. It was just as he said - the total market volume did not actually change. Xiaosha's existence simply changed the distribution.

Of course, this is based on the fact that sand is cheap and easy to obtain - why didn't tenants in ancient times farm for themselves? It was simply because land was expensive and hard to come by.

"If this is the whole meaning of Xiaosha's existence, then it's really over!" Hao Cheng shook his head: "Changing the distribution is just the easiest thing for it to do."

Hao Cheng has always thought this way. If the total amount of social wealth remains unchanged, then no matter how the distribution changes, it will still be nothing more than a few melons and a few walnuts.

Moreover, to a certain extent, the people who get rich first are either smart or courageous. In short, they are always better than others in some aspects.

The wind of the times blows into the valley. The pig that can fly does so because it stands in the best position. If it can also land safely, it is actually a skill.

Egalitarianism seems beautiful, but initiative also needs to be mobilized.

"So..." Gu Yufeng turned his eyes full of curiosity, wanting to hear what Hao Cheng had to say next, as if this was the key to whether Linzhou could be truly developed.

"I said something to He Gang before," Hao Cheng said, "It's not that giants cannot exist, but the value of giants is to concentrate their efforts on doing big things, such as conducting scientific research and breaking through cutting-edge technology, but it is definitely not to become a platform to exploit the bottom.

"AI light entrepreneurship, Xiaosha's ability, as one of the most advanced means of production in the current Internet industry, solves the distribution problem, and the problem of the growing gap between the rich and the poor will be completely improved."

Hao Cheng said: “So, the second step is to use the powerful capabilities of AI to help ambitious companies and individuals to innovate better and push technology forward.

"Actually, how should I put it? I also mentioned a related concept in AI light entrepreneurship, which is to encourage people to design business activities based on the extension of AI capabilities. Unfortunately, it went astray in the end." "How do we do it specifically?" Gu Yufeng asked seriously.

"At present, this is just an idea," Hao Cheng said. "I came up with it when I was collecting data on AI startups."

The original intention of promoting AI light entrepreneurship, in addition to the distribution issue, was actually to stimulate the society's enthusiasm for innovation, but the effect was really not good, and everyone seemed to have forgotten about it.

There are very few people who are truly working on extending AI capabilities, and Chen Yanwu is one of them. There are also a few other projects that Hao Chengdu has kept in mind.

Of course, this situation is understandable. After all, for the seeds of innovation to take root and sprout, they need water and fertilizer, as well as a suitable environment, and it can’t be done in just one way.

Most people nowadays have been working in the same old way for too long, and it is difficult to change them overnight. They can only take it slowly.

It just so happens that the park where Baiju Technology is located is called the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Park, so let’s start here.

"Yeah." Gu Yufeng expressed his understanding. He even thought that Baiju Technology had done enough and it was good enough now.

……

Afternoon, Linzhou Agricultural University.

The unveiling ceremony of the green production and research integrated high-end agricultural laboratory jointly built by Qiancheng Group and Agricultural University was held in the stadium. Gu Yufeng personally attended the ceremony to congratulate and participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

After the ceremony, Gu Yufeng also found Gao Zhixiang and talked about his conversation with Hao Cheng in the morning, wanting to hear his insights.

"What? It's just an idea?" When Gao Zhixiang heard Gu Yufeng say that Hao Cheng had an idea to [use AI to promote technological innovation and advance science and technology], he laughed and said, "Secretary Gu, you still don't know Hao Cheng well enough."

"What do you mean?" Gu Yufeng asked.

"Do you know how long Baiju Technology has been established?" Gao Zhixiang asked.

"Two months."

"Yes, you know, he told Gao Chenyu that he had an idea to use the multi-spectral channel lens of Huawei mobile phones to conduct food safety testing. Do you know how long ago this happened?"

"how long?"

"As of today, it's been 35 days! From coming up with the idea to implementing the project, it's only been over 20 days in total, and that's before we even have to wait for the release of the Huawei phone."

Gao Zhixiang held up three fingers and emphasized, "When you talk to Hao Cheng, you must not bring your own sense of time into the discussion. He said he just had an idea, and you think this project may take half a year, a year, or even longer!
"If you estimate Hao Cheng like this, you are totally wrong! From the time his ideas come up to the time they are actually implemented, it may only take a week or ten days. You have to be mentally prepared for this."

"He..." Gu Yufeng asked.

"Maybe this is what genius is. He must have just come up with an idea. However, the world of genius is different from that of others. An idea he has today may have a method to solve it in the evening, a plan may be drawn up tomorrow, and it may be implemented the day after tomorrow."

Gu Yufeng was completely confused. He knew that Baiju Technology had been established not long ago, and he also knew about the series of earth-shaking things it had done, but he really didn't think about it this way at the time.

Fast, he might have estimated it, after all, Baiju Technology is fast, but is it too fast to be outrageous?

(End of this chapter)